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history chap 3 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Feudalism | system of rule by lords who owed loyalty to their king |
Manor | Part of a lord's holding in the Middle Ages , including the castle, peasants' huts, and surrounding villages or fields |
Serf | peasant who was bound to land for life |
Magnetic Compass | Device which shows which direction is north |
Astrolabe | Instrument used by sailors to measure the positions of stars and figure out their latitude at sea |
Caravel | Ship with a steering rudder and triangular sails |
Colony | Group of people settled in a distant land who are ruled by the government of their native land |
Conquistador | Spanish word for conqueror |
Presidio | Fort that housed soldiers in the Spanish colonies |
Mission | Religious settlement. Run by Catholic priests and friars in the Spanish colonies |
Peninsulare | Person sent from Spain to rule the Spanish colonies |
Creole | Person born in the Americas to Spanish parents |
Mestizo | Person in the Spanish colonies of mixed Spanish and Indian backround |
Encomienda | Right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans in the Spanish colonies |
Plantation | Large estate farmed by many workers |
Northwest Passage | Waterway through or around North America |
Coureur de Bois | French phrase meaning runner of the woods. Tapper or Trader in New France |
Renaissance | A period of intellectua; and artistic creativity, c. 1300-1600 |
Line Of Demarcation | An imaginary oline running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole, diving the Americas between Spain and Portugal |
Mercantilism | The theory that a state's or nation's power depending on its wealth |